anarthrous

Not having an article (especially of Greek nouns).

We have concluded that Paul does not distinguish between the arthrous and anarthrous use of nomos.

Proper names are usually anarthrous (since they need no article to be definite), except in cases of anaphora

Not having a determiner.

Nouns indicating status often appear in anarthrous noun phrases, ie, as bare nouns.

Meigret (1888), treats French P-D contractions as simple prepositions governing anarthrous objects. Associating determiners with NP, Abeillé et al. consider the determinerless objects to be instances of N'.

Not having joints.

Not having legs, wings, or other limbs.